Which paid more, XDTE or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so XDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, XDTE or YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, XDTE returned +14.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, XDTE or YYY?

XDTE charges 0.97% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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XDTE vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $321m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, and $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

25.5%

XDTE cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

XDTE total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY total return, 1 year

XDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

XDTE

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XDTE costs 2.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; YYY is 2.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XDTE vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XDTE	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	XDTE	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 13.2%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XDTE	YYY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	XDTE	YYY
Expense ratio	0.97%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$315m	$674m
Holdings
Measure	XDTE	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 137 weekly returns

XDTE YYY

Return

Total return edge XDTE +46.1% +19.9%

Annualized edge XDTE +15.5% +7.1%

Price return edge YYY −28.0% −13.8%

Risk

Volatility edge YYY 13.2% 10.3%

Max drawdown edge YYY −16.7% −10.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XDTE 0.83 0.30

Sortino edge XDTE 1.19 0.40

Calmar edge XDTE 0.93 0.68

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, XDTE returned more: +46.1% to +19.9%. YYY swung less: 10.3% to 13.2%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −16.7%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: XDTE vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XDTE	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+46.1%	+19.9%	XDTE	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.5%	+7.1%	XDTE	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−28.0%	−13.8%	YYY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	13.2%	10.3%	YYY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.3%	7.8%	YYY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−16.7%	−10.4%	YYY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.83	0.30	XDTE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.19	0.40	XDTE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.93	0.68	XDTE	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 137 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, XDTE and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XDTE YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XDTE

SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.03%

Only in YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Roundhill Amplify

Strategy 0DTE covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.4% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.97% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 25.5% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year −13.2% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 18%

Age 2.7 years 14.4 years

Net assets, XDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $321m $674m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: XDTE vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XDTE	YYY	XDTE	YYY	XDTE	YYY
3 months	+1.0%	−4.9%	4.2%	3.2%	+1.2 pts	not measured
6 months	+5.5%	−4.1%	9.3%	6.2%	+0.5 pts	not measured
1 year	+14.6%	+1.9%	25.5%	12.4%	−0.2 pts	not measured
3 years	–	+35.2%	–	38.6%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: XDTE Mar 2024 · YYY Jun 2012	+47.4%	+114.4%	60.8%	113.6%	−6.4 pts	not measured

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XDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, XDTE or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so XDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, XDTE or YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, XDTE returned +14.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, XDTE or YYY?: XDTE charges 0.97% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so XDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →XDTE on its own →YYY on its own →XDTE dividend history →XDTE holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

XDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Roundhill page for XDTE ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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